CVE-2015-8830
Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO
02 Description
Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-05-02 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-03-02
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e6e1166fa306cee3d4796be60f02953e7d03a3d84e39f3b79ca246aa8268560e
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3083https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2970-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1854https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
- www.debian.orgDSA-3503http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3503
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2969-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2968-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1314275
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2968-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4c185ce06dca14f5cea192f5a2c981ef50663f2b
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160302 Re: CVE Request: Linux: aio write triggers integer overflow in some network protocolshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/02/9
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3096https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f4b82694fe48b02f7a881a1797131a6dad1364
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.1.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-86.130
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-71.91~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-59.65~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.